Girl Can’t Be Herself
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- #1The Beginning (Interlude)
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- #2The Gospel
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- #3Pawn It All
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- #4Elaine Brown (Interlude)
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- #5Kill Your Mama
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- #6She Don’t Really Care_1 Luv
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- #7Elevate (Interlude)
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- #8Illusion of Bliss
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- #9
Blended Family (What You Do For Love)Alicia Keys & A$AP Rocky
- #10Work on It
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- #11Cocoa Butter (Cross & Pic Interlude)
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- #12Girl Can’t Be Herself
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- #13You Glow (Interlude)
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- #14More Than We Know
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- #15Where Do We Begin Now
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- #16Holy War
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Girl Can’t Be Herself by Alicia Keys
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“Girl Can’t Be Herself” is an anthem for Alicia’s makeup-free movement, and alludes to the expectations of women in the media and in society.
Alicia launched her #NoMakeup campaign in 2016, which she first brought to everyone’s attention after she penned an open letter in Lena Dunham’s Lenny Letter...
Girl Can’t Be Herself Lyrics
[Chorus]
When a girl can’t be herself no more
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world
When a girl can’t be herself no more
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world
[Verse 1]
In the morning from the minute that I wake up
What if I don’t want to put on all that make up?
Who says I must conceal what I’m made of?
Maybe all this Maybelline is covering my self-esteem
Whose job is it to straighten out my curves?
I’m so tired of that image, that’s my word
What if today I don’t feel like putting heels on?
Who are you to criticize when beauty’s only in the eyes…
Of the beholder, so behold her
Sing, sing, sing, why, oh, oh, oh, why, oh?
[Chorus]
When a girl can’t be herself no more
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world
When a girl can’t be herself no more
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world
[Verse 2]
Uh, uh, I’m so secure with insecurities
Why is being unique such an impurity?
Why are the numbers on the scale like a God to me?
All of these indifferences are based on our appearances
We please to be appeased
The truest pleasure is the fact that we can breathe
Think it into existence, do it, then achieve
A fairy tale reality, beauty was with a beast
Ah, ah, ah, I’m the image of your reflection
Uh, uh, uh, you’re the image of my reflection
Sing, sing, sing, why, oh, oh, oh, why, oh?
[Chorus]
When a girl can’t be herself no more
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world
When a girl can’t be herself no more
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world
Girl Can’t Be Herself Q&A
Who wrote Girl Can’t Be Herself's ?
Girl Can’t Be Herself was written by Alicia Keys & Shawn Martin & Harold Lilly & Mark Batson.
Who produced Girl Can’t Be Herself's ?
Girl Can’t Be Herself was produced by Swizz Beatz & Mark Batson & Alicia Keys.
When did Alicia Keys release Girl Can’t Be Herself?
Alicia Keys released Girl Can’t Be Herself on Fri Nov 04 2016.
What did Alicia Keys say about "Girl Can’t Be Herself"?
https://twitter.com/aliciakeys/status/799682087561273344
via Lenny:
Before I started my new album, I wrote a list of all the things that I was sick of. And one was how much women are brainwashed into feeling like we have to be skinny, or sexy, or desirable, or perfect. One of the many things I was...